Brittany Snow
| Brittany Snow | |
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 Snow at the 2009 Heart Truth fashion show |
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| Born | Brittany Anne Snow March 9, 1986 Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Brittany Anne Snow (born March 9, 1986) is an American television and film actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Meg Pryor in American Dreams, Daisy Lemay in Guiding Light, Kate Spencer in John Tucker Must Die, Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray, Donna Keppel in Prom Night and Jenna Backstrom in the NBC legal drama Harry's Law.
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[edit] Personal life
Snow was born and grew up in Tampa, Florida. Her mother, Cindy Johannah (née Archer), works for Prentice Hall, and her father, John Thomas Snow, Sr., ran an insurance agency until retiring to organize Brittany's schedule.[1] She has one half-brother, John Jr., and a half-sister, Holly; both of them live in Ohio.[2][3] Snow has spoken openly about her battles with eating disorders.[4] It has been reported by media outlets that she is currently dating Matthew Mayfield, a musician from Birmingham, AL.[5]
[edit] Career
Snow began modeling at the age of three and a half in a print ad for Burdines.[6] She was on CBS' Guiding Light for three years as troubled teen Susan/Daisy Lemay.[7] She played Meg Pryor on NBC's American Dreams and neo-Nazi high school student Ariel Alderman on the third season of Nip/Tuck. In 2005, she appeared in The Pacifier with action star Vin Diesel.
In 2006, she was in the film John Tucker Must Die and voiced Naminé in the video game Kingdom Hearts II as well as Shizuku Tsukishima in the Studio Ghibli film Whisper of the Heart, along with Ashley Tisdale. She also portrayed a young woman afflicted with bipolar disorder in the season seven finale of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
She appeared in Hairspray, a film adaptation of the Broadway musical, playing Amber Von Tussle, the daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer's character. She had already worked with the director of Hairspray (Adam Shankman) on the Disney film The Pacifier. With her role in Hairspray, her musical side is shown in several numbers, including a solo entitled "The New Girl In Town", a song previously cut from the Broadway musical version. She played the lead role in Prom Night, which was released in April 2008. Snow appeared on the music video for "The Phrase That Pays" by The Academy Is... which was released July 2007.
Snow is set to play the lead, Alyssa, in the film adaptation of Clock Tower, to be released in 2012.[8] She stars alongside Evan Ross in the cautionary thriller 96 Minutes.[9]
In 2011, Snow appeared in the short lived CBS' romantic comedy Mad Love.[10]
Snow recently appeared as a series regular in the first season of the legal drama Harry's Law as Jenna, which premiered on January 17, 2011, created by David E. Kelley. Snow returned as a recurring character in the series for season two.
[edit] Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Murphy's Dozen | TV movie; Supporting role | |
| 2005 | The Pacifier | Zoey Plummer | Supporting role |
| 2006 | Whisper of the Heart | Shizuku Tsukishima | Lead role (voice) |
| 2006 | John Tucker Must Die | Kate Spencer | Lead role |
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | Naminé | Supporting role (voice) |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Amber Von Tussle | Supporting role |
| On the Doll | Balery | Lead role | |
| 2008 | Prom Night | Donna Keppel | Lead role |
| Finding Amanda | Amanda Tangerman | Lead role | |
| Streak | Baylin | Short film; Lead role | |
| 2009 | The Vicious Kind | Emma Gainsborough | Lead role |
| Black Water Transit | Sardoonah | Lead role | |
| 2010 | Janie Jones | Iris | Lead role |
| Walks | TBA | Lead role | |
| 2011 | 96 Minutes | Carley | Lead role |
| 2012 | Would You Rather | Iris | Lead role |
| Television | |||
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 1998–2002 | Guiding Light | Susan Lemay | 9 episodes |
| 2002–2005 | American Dreams | Margaret "Meg" Pryor | Main cast; 61 episodes |
| 2005 | Nip/Tuck | Ariel Alderman | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Law & Order: SVU | Jamie Hoskins | Episode: "Influence" |
| 2009 | Family Guy | Candy | Episode: "Quagmire's Baby" |
| Gossip Girl | Young Lily Rhodes | Episode: "Valley Girls" meant to become spin off series but never picked up by the CW | |
| 2011 | Harry's Law | Jenna Backstrom | Main cast (season 1), 12 episodes - Recurring (season 2) |
| Mad Love | Julia Swanson | Episode: "Little Sister, Big City" | |
| Music videos | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | The Phrase That Pays | Naughty Nurse | The Academy Is... video |
| 2008 | Otep The Ascension | Crooked Spoons video | |
| Ride | Girlfriend | Cary Brothers video | |
| Just Impolite | Girlfriend | Plushgun video | |
| 2011 | Fire Escape | Matthew Mayfield video | |
[edit] Discography
[edit] Soundtracks
- 2007: Hairspray Soundtrack - July 10, 2007
[edit] References
- ^ Info at Family Tree Maker.com
- ^ "Dayton Daily News Archive of Past Articles". Dayton Daily News. February 13, 2004. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DDNB&p_theme=ddnb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100C7328547BE4C4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ Movies: Snow focuses on work, not image
- ^ "Half of Us: Videos: Brittany Snow". Half of Us. April 23, 2011. http://www.halfofus.com/video/?videoID=23&chapterID=3.
- ^ "Brittany Snow at Real World Suite at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas". http://www.vegasnews.com/55292/brittany-snow-at-real-world-suite-at-hard-rock-hotel-las-vegas.html.
- ^ Katherine Gazella (1999-02-15). "Two Lives to Lead". St. Petersburg Times. p. B-1.
- ^ "Vin Diesel And Brittany Snow Lighten Up In 'The Pacifier' - MTV Movie News". www.mtv.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490311/diesel-snow-explore-comedy-pacifier.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ "First Look: Gossip Girl spin-off", Lucy Hutchings, 21 April 2009 Marie Claire UK
- ^ Brittany Snow Gets Carjacked in '96 Minutes'
- ^ "Mad Love: Brittany Snow to Play Sarah Chalke's Sister". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Mad-Love-Snow-1028199.aspx. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
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